Keep index synced in background

[casey]

Currently, the index syncs whenever you run a command. It would be nice if it were possible to run the index as a daemon in the background, and have ord connect to it whenever it needed to query the index state. This is a pretty large feature, since we'd need to:

• Add a command for running the index as a daemon
• Create an API for querying the daemon
• Modify existing commands to communicate with the daemon via the API
• Figure out if this mode is required or optional, e.g. can you still use ord without having ord daemon run in the background?

[batcavekid]

Would be ideal. I am sync'ing in the background rn with a script but native better.

Idea for faster initial sync:

1. instruct user to sync before bitcoin node is fully synchronized: ord index
2. later, if index is daemon, have it sync periodically during bitcoin node sync (similar to this issue)

[kvnn]

I am sync'ing in the background rn with a script but native better.

Hi. Could you share your script?

[nhodges]

Would be ideal. I am sync'ing in the background rn with a script but native better.

Idea for faster initial sync:

1. instruct user to sync before bitcoin node is fully synchronized: ord index
2. later, if index is daemon, have it sync periodically during bitcoin node sync (similar to this issue)

@batcavekid

:wave: are you just running ord wallet inscriptions or something at some interval?

[liuser]

If this automatic synchronization issue is resolved, please let me know

[raphjaph]

Would be cool to have this feature! I think @niftynei mentioned she was working on this.